KitchenAid K45SS Classic 250 Watts Stand Mixer

Pros: great mixer for all recipes
Cons: heavy, bulky, and expensive

I got this classic stand mixer as a wedding gift ten years ago and it still works and looks like it is brand new. if you are a person who likes to cook or bake at all it is worth the investment in a quality product such as this. The power that this...

Pros: Easy to use and lasts forever
Cons: Bulky and tends to spray dry ingredients

My first experience with the Kitchen Aid Classic Series Stand Mixer was when I borrowed my mother's. I had quite a few cakes to make one weekend and when I pulled out my old stand mixer it had died. After that weekend, I fell in love with this mixer....

Pros: Hands free mixing
Cons: Very heavy

I received my Kitchen Aid stand mixer as a wedding gift over 4 years ago. I knew I was getting it and couldn't wait!

Mine came with the standard parts - a mixing paddle, the whipping beater, and a dough hook. It also came with the pouring...

Pros: Versatile and durable; great value for the price
Cons: Accessories are expensive; a stiff bread dough can cause it to "walk" across the counter

My Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer was a very much appreciated Christmas gift from my husband three years ago. If I had known how superior a stand mixer is to a hand mixer, I would have had one a long, long time ago!

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Pros: Classic style and hard working
Cons: expensive and not totally necessary

I struggled along for years, using a hand mixer to fluff, mix, fold and blend. I knew too well the beauty of the Kitchen Aid stand mixer; my momma is still using the one she got as a wedding present in the fifties. But good gracious, how...

Pros: Nice Features, Commercial Strength, Durability, Mixing Method
Cons: Weighs as much as you do, Very Expensive, Overkill for the Average Consumer

I received this as a Christmas gift two years ago, and it has been of tremendous use to me. My "old-school" Cuisinart had served me well for 15 years, but I wanted something new before the Cuisinart finally started to smoke. (And you thought...

Pros: Gotta love hands-free mixing.
Cons: Give me a decade or two, maybe I'll think of one.

After years of bemoaning my lack of a Kitchen Aid Mixer, I finally begged my mom to buy me one for Christmas. I had considered buying one myself for years, thought about perhaps putting one on layaway, but I never seemed to follow through. So when I...

Pros: It's very easy to use.
Cons: It's kind of heavy to move around.

I borrowed my mother's Kitchen Aid last year at Christmas time to mix my cookie dough. I couldn't believe the time and effort it saved! Since then I have begged my husband to buy one for me for Easter or Mother's Day or my birthday.

Finally...

Pros: Versatile, Well-Made, Heavy-Duty
Cons: I didn't buy the bigger one.

My husband insisted that I allow him to buy a KitchenAid stand mixer for Christmas of 2000. I thought it would be a waste of money until I started using it. I told him to get just the basic machine and wish I had never intervened. This has become a...

Pros: Versatile, reliable, and built to last.
Cons: Heavy and bulky - will need to stay out on counter.

Among my favorite kitchen “toys” is my Kitchen Aid mixer. I have had this one for several years, but it is virtually the same as the new models available today at your local kitchen or discount store. Some models are even available at stores like...

Pros: Ease of cleaning, good with stiff batters
Cons: Price, size

My husband and I were spoiled rotten by the great gifts we got at our wedding last year. So when I say that this mixer was the best gift we got, that's really saying a lot. I would have one even if it wasn't a gift, regardless of the expense. And at...

Pros: This mixer can handle ANYTHING and EVERYTHING!!
Cons: A bit expensive. Attachments are expensive as well.

You don't know how fun cooking can be until you have this machine on your team!
So many people balk at the price of this mixer and move on to select a cheaper mixer. If only they knew what they were missing out on!
I have had all kinds...

Pros: does lots of different jobs when optional attachments are purchased
Cons: attachments are expensive, shaft is difficult to remove from shredding cones

I received this KitchenAid Stand Mixer as a gift from my mother-in-law and it is probably one of the best things I have ever gotten, I wouldn't trade it for any other small appliance. This mixer does a lot more than just mix. Along with the standard unit ...

Pros: Easy to use, very durable
Cons: You'll never need another mixer

I remember when my mother first purchased our Kitchen Aid food processor. None of us realized what a staple this would become in our kitchen.

Durability
- My mother purchased a Kitchen Aid mixer between 15 and 20 years ago (by my...

Pros: Extremely practical, especially bowl lifting feature, good bowl size, looks great
Cons: Underpowered, expensive to buy and repair. Attachments break. Base design not wide enough.

I am a dessert chef (ie. the most stressed kind of chef) working in a fine dining restaurant in Sydney, Australia. We make everything ourselves from scratch including breads, pastries, cakes, biscuits, and almost all of it goes through our kitchenaid...